Science
Background Knowledge
Active Ingredients
Decisive criteria for the use of disinfecting agents are their chemical-physical characteristics, effect mechanisms, their interdependencies with other ingredients and possible resistances. In the following, we introduce the most important modern active ingredients, which are used in hygiene and disinfection.
- Aldehydes
- Alcohols
- Quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC)
- Mecetronium Etilsulfate (MES)
- Magnesium monoperoxyphthalate hexahydrate (MMPP)
- Povidon-Iodine (PVP-Iod)



